thebigspace were asked by the BBC to design a video installation in order to communicate the results of a survey to BBC employees. The installation needed to be eye-catching from a distance, while offering people the ability to discover more about the survey contents.

thebigspace decided to use Watch-Out software, controlled by electro-magnetic (capacitant) sensors affixed to custom-built acrylic panels. Four rear-projection screens displayed ambient animations of text which communicated the results of the BBC survey. In front of each projection screen, there was an acrylic podium that displayed vinyl-printed words. Each time someone touched a word on the acrylic panel, the projection screen played a video sequence relating to the word selected.

Last week, Frank successfully installed a new prototype RFID mirror at our offices in Broadwick Street, Soho, London. Pete Moylan from Paxar, provided invaluable assistance in setting up the RFID reader.